51. India's wheat yield revolution in the 1960s was possible primarily due to

A hybrid seeds
B increased chlorophyll content
C mutations resulting in plant height reduction
D quantitative trait mutations
Answer :   mutations resulting in plant height reduction
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52. Pesticides include

A Fungicide, nematicides and rodenticide
B Insecticide, herbicides and rodenticide
C Herbicides, insecticides and nematicide
D All of the above
Answer :   All of the above
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53. Which of the following is an oil seed crop

A Careopsis
B Paddy
C Sunflower
D Chrysanthemum
Answer :   Sunflower
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54. Which of the following pairs serve as biofertilizer

A Albugo & Lichen
B Frankia & Nostoc
C Pseudomonas and E. Coli
D Spirogyra & Mucor
Answer :   Frankia & Nostoc
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55. Morphine is obtained from

A Aconitum napellus
B Papaver somniferum
C Ravwolfia serpentine
D Cinchona officinalis
Answer :   Papaver somniferum
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56. Branch of Batany connected with study food, fibre and wood yielding plant

A Ethanobotany
B Palaeobotany
C Economic botany
D Icrobiology
Answer :   Economic botany
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57. Forest Reaserch Institute is situated is situated at

A Nainital
B Madras
C Calcutta
D Dehradun
Answer :   Dehradun
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58. Name the plant , the leaves of which are economically important and earner of foreign exchange for India

A Lactuca sativa
B Coffea Arabica
C Camallia chinesis
D Piper nigrum
Answer :   Camallia chinesis
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59. Tissue culture technique can produce infinite number of new plants from a small parental tissue. The economic importance of the technique is in raising

A Variants through picking up somaclonal variations
B Genetically uniform population identical to the original parent
C Homozygous diploid plants
D Development of new species
Answer :   Genetically uniform population identical to the original parent
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60. Which one of the following proved effective for biological control of nematodal diseases in plants

A Gliocladium virens
B Paecilomyces lilacinus
C Pisolithus tinctorius
D Pseudomonas cepacia
Answer :   Paecilomyces lilacinus
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